Webb, Ogilvy still big drawcards

Major winners Karrie Webb and Goeff Ogilvy don't know quite what to expect at the Vic Open, beginning on Thursday.

But they have no intention of just making up the numbers.

The 44-year-old Webb - whose career tally of seven majors is the best by any Australian golfer - scaled back her playing commitments last year and will likely only play 10 tournaments or so in 2019.

It's a similar tale for Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open champ, who has moved his family back to Melbourne after a couple of decades spent mostly in the United States to coincide with his eldest child starting high school.

They will still be two of the biggest drawcards at 13th Beach where the men and women play concurrently for equal prize money of $1.5 million.

"I've still got an itch to scratch; there's a golf feeling in me that I haven't felt probably consistently," said the 41-year-old Ogilvy.

"I know there's better golf in there.

"Whether it translates into better scores and winning tournaments, it's not really about that. I just want it to feel great."

Ogilvy will play the opening two rounds alongside 2014 Vic Open champ Matthew Griffin and Spaniard Jorge Campillo.

Webb is in a marquee women's group with Swede Pernilla Lindberg, who won her first major last year at the ANA Inspiration, and Englishwoman Georgia Hall.